• January home sales are up over same month last year.
• ABQ: where dumb criminals come to day labor.
• David Duchovny…

Idris Goodwin was one of the first poets ever featured on The Sunday Poem.  The work of this playwright, poet, and indie rapper has received praise from all quarters--including NPR and the New York Times.  His first book, THESE…

For the past six months, ever since I relocated to the Land of Enchantment in mid-August, I have taken every chance to regale my friends and relations back home with tales of the glorious food culture here in New Mexico.  It did not take long at all for green chile stew to become one of my go-to kitchen…

Feb. 28, 6 pm, KANW 89.1 FM Rebroadcast of "Great Debate"

Radio listeners can hear "Great Debate" rebroadcast & vote online on which of two (2) debate teams successfully argued the question:

Should lawmakers cut education & public services, or raise revenues?

Mon, Feb. 28, 6 -7 pm, KANW 89.1 FM and…

"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death."

- Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775.

"Gaddafi is an a**hole."

- Wael Ghonim, Twitter, January 22, 2011…

I had the opportunity on this past Sunday, February 20, 2011, to stop by Alamosa Books (8810 Holly Ave NE, in Albuquerque) and check out the Duke City Dime Stories Showcase, hosted by…

We’ve heard the stories far too many times.

Keith Saunders didn’t start dancing until he was in college. He was on his way to law school when he decided it would be fun to take a dance class. He discovered that he was pretty good at it and was encouraged by his teacher to continue. Five years later, he was dancing with…

• Kids love having snow days, until they have to make them up.
• OK, so I don't live in the neighborhood, but a two-story Target?!  I do love Target...but like I said, I…

• Wrong place at the wrong time?  
• Mark your calendars: Alan Arkin will be reading from his memoir at the KiMo Theatre March 1st. Be sure to buy a copy of his book at locally owned bookstore…

You're Invited to a Debate!

Should our state senators & representatives cut education & public services again, or raise revenues?

Duke City Fix readers, their families, friends and neighbors are invited to a debate. Tonight, two (2) teams will debate this question:

Shall lawmakers cut education and public services, or raise revenues?"

WHEN: Wed,, Feb. 23

WHERE: Scottish Rite Center…

• To demolish or not to demolish?  What do you think?
• Oh no!  Local bookstore filing for Chapter 11.  Meanwhile, a big box…

Susana Martinez appointed two new student Regents to fill positions at UNM and NMSU.

Jacob Wellman was appointed by the governor to sit on the Board of Regents at UNM. Wellman, a junior studying political science, has been active in student government, been an adviser on budgetary issues at the university and has been involved in bipartisan…

• Tom Swisstack is meditating on the value of yoga at MDC.  
• List porn:  This time we rank 39th out of 50!
• Organization…

Liza Bakewell is a Cultural turned Linguistic Anthropologist who discovered her obsession with the word, the mystery and the often negative connotations of the Spanish word…

• Yale Blvd. will be closed for a month!
• Congratulations to these business students for your entrepreneurial spirit!
• List porn: …

GMO issue at the New Mexico state legislature 2011

UPDATE: Due to a strong lobbying push from the large corporations that patent and market these GMOs, and the fact that the NM Chili Association is "in-bed" with these corporations, this bill was LOST on the house floor in the week following this post. 

ON SHOULD KNOW: That, aside from permenently invading native, natural seed stock, one of the huge dangers of…

The US Backgammon Federation is starting backgammon clubs at 

high schools and colleges all over the country. 

We will help provide boards, coaching, and on-line competition with other 

schools with prizes and scholarships. 

If you have a contact at a school and can help us in the door, we will do the rest.  

Please contact Phil Simborg at …

Nothing disappears in this dry Land of Enchantment.  As Renny Golden says in the opening lines of Nuevo Mexico, "The high desert is a dog with no sense of time."  This first poem is a kind of short preface to studying anything about New Mexico's history.  The second poem brings to life…